Intel Core i3-6100U vs Intel Core i7-7820HQ

Core i3-6100U vs Core i7-7820HQ benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-7820HQ beats the Core i3-6100U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-6100U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-7820HQ has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i3-6100U has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-6100U. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-7820HQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-6100U. A Core i3-6100U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-7820HQ CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i3-6100U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.